Maradona: Messi or Ronaldo?

Maradona revealed in an interview with 'Marca' his opinion about the two players' level: "These two are superior to the rest. Messi isn't better than Cristiano Ronaldo and vice versa. I would love to have both in my team".

He continued: "Ronaldo always shows great passion and, honestly, it bores me to repeat that Messi doesn't have to win a World Cup to be a phenomenon. Enough of that!

"If you don’t have personality, and don’t sing the national anthem, then you should be left alone. The kid had every right to retire from the national side in the summer, and then he returns and still gets criticized," he said about Messi.

Furthermore he talked about his favourite for the Ballon d'Or and made a surprising statement: "For me, the Ballon d’Or is not accurate.  For example in 2014 Manuel Neuer was a finalist with Messi and Ronaldo. The German should have won, he’d just lifted the World Cup".